The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-30


very fine, thin saw, 80 fixed in a
handle that it could be ms rted in the
nose and there operated With it, he
explained, he could saw cut portions
Of the septuj tum, which is the gristle
part OF the note, aud thus reduce the
protuberancs. OF course, his idea was
to thus use it for the cure of cases
where malform4tion interfered with
the natural functions of the organ,
and he had operated with it success.
fully ia num'r Us instances. l asked
him II uldn't apply 1t for the
sake Of imp owing the shape
81 hardly think that would be pro-
fessional," he answered.
"Bat it would be practicableP"
"Undoubtedly"
And no disf9ulingscar would mark
the resultP"
"Not any"
"Would you perform this operation
If you deemed it necessary as proven
ton OF madness?'
"Yes."
'All right, then. Every girl with
big, crooked noe will 90 crazy If re-
fused an operation that would trans.
form her from ug ineEs to a beauty"
MRS. LORDS FIRE.
But the doctors are sometimes I'M
reasonable with women. Mrs. Hicks.
Lord, widow OF millionaire, and
herself dashinely handsome and
witty matroD, hss returned to be
central figure in New York society.
At; Mrs. Marshall o. Robsits's great
ball this week she wore low wasted
no seeved dress, like nearly every
other belle present. She encountered
DR.. Ely, who had bsen treating her
for cough.
"This is rather imprudent," he said,
referring to tie scant raiment
"Not at ALL" she responded; "see
the fires I've kindltd all around me !"
So she had. Full five hundred ola.
monds blaz sd aud flashed warmly in
her hair, around her neck, aero her
hos 1m, along her arms and in her ears
and on her handle. Gould woman
be chilly when thus sfl amer
WITTY GIRL.
1t was a girl equally frank and
witty who, meeting friend OF her
own sex In the street, exchanged
criticism and compliment on their re-.
speclives states of flesh.
81 have lost nine pounds by banting
since saw you," said the latter chat
terer. "Why don't you try it? I'm
sure You are fatter than when saw
you in the fall"
"No; you're mistaken. l weigh less
than did," YVES the reply.
"But you surely look broader across
the back"
"True. It's this coax. was bound
to have one complete plaid betwixt
my shoulders, don't you see ? and 80 l
had 10 pad myself out for it"
Cumming
has Rad it, day in New York, and is
now toothless, gray headed and tot,
tering craze, employed at very rare
Intervals for an evening by somebody
who likes the fun and wants to repeat
it, or somebody who hasn't had the
courage to try it before. There is one
young woman in this city, belonging
to the better class, who for the last
few days has been wishing she bad
never heard of Summing. She tried
IL recently and it took away all enjoy
ment OF lite. She is young woman
who rever does q thing until it has
been tried by everyone elsa in her set
and she is perfectly sure it is quite the
proper thing TDat is why she put
off her summing expedition until
this winter. If sne had undertaken
It when the crazs was at its prime, and
everyone went Summing as the regu-
lation thing to do, she would be happy
vet. As II is she Is sunk into melan-
choly so deep that 1t Is proof against
daily visits to candy store, or the
promise Of new pearl necklace. She
is the possessor OF bonnet for which
che paid $50. 1t was wonderful,
stunning, Frenchy, the very climax OF
the milliner's art. When she bought
1t madame told her with ecetatic little
shrugs that it was straight from Paris
that the eyes OF customers had never
rested on it; that she certainly
would never see its counterpart
here, and that che would not
be annoyed by repetition
Of 1t even II she were to 90 to Paris
itself, because it was work of art,
the inspiration Of moment, which
the artist creator could never dupli.
cate. So she bought the bonnet, and
her heart has been singing a song OF
10Y ever since. Well, she went slum-
ming-that is, properly accompanied,
chaperoned and guided, she started TO
20. But she thought she would like
TO begin by going down through Divl-
sion street to see the milliner shops
there. That street is an institution IN
itself, as unique as anything to be
seen in the whole city of New York.
1t has the favor OF the Bowery, the
"peesness" shrewdness OF Baxter
street, and an airiness and pictures re.
ness al its own. 1t is full OF millineT
shops. One alter another, for block
after block, there is nothing but big
show windows filed with the most
gorgeous concoctions Of ribbons and
feathers. Gases stand before the
doors; holiday hats covered with fly
away wings aud bonnets are built up IA
astounding Nights. And before each
door ttanns q woman to inveigle GUS
toners. Ita woman passing turns a
wistful eye ba'f way toward the win.
dow the door guardian is at her side in
an instant, ringing all the possible
changes upon an invitation to step in.
side, and buzElng in her ear until the
girl at the next shop door takes her
up
? NY young friend had heard OF this
n'que place, and thought she would
like to see it. They sauntered through
It, and her heart was filed with ten
der pity fox the poor creatures who